Eliot Spizzirri and August Holmgren will square off in the semifinal of the Granby Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.6
August Holmgren -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. August Holmgren

There is no head to head record between Eliot Spizzirri and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 132, Eliot got to the semifinal after beating Paul Jubb 6-4 6-7(4) 6-2, Tyler Zink 6-2 7-6(3) and James Kent Trotter 6-4 6-0.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 6-0). During the match, Spizzirri scored 72 points vs Kent Trotter’s 52. Eliot was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Spizzirri struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Spizzirri broke Kent Trotter 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Spizzirri has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Spizzirri has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (93-60). 13-7 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Spizzirri has a composed63-34 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he beat Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

The American has a compiled 29-20 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Granby Challenger

Eliot has never competed in this tournament before.

August Holmgren

Ranked no. 146 (career-high), Holmgren reached the semifinal after beating James Watt 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-4, Marek Gengel 6-3 6-4 and Yuta Shimizu 6-4 4-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Holmgren defeated Shimizu (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Holmgren scored 102 points vs Shimizu’s 95. Holmgren was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Holmgren struck 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. August Holmgren lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holmgren put 55% of his first serves in, winning 83% (40/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Holmgren broke Shimizu 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

August has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Dane has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Holmgren
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	68	84
Pts	260-210	279-250
Total Points	470	529
Winners	103	127
%Winners	40%	46%

Both Spizzirri and Holmgren played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Eliot Spizzirri conceded 1 set, while August Holmgren conceded 2 sets. Spizzirri has played 1 set(s) less than Holmgren (7 vs 8). Therefore, Spizzirri played 16 games less than Holmgren. Eliot scored 103 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Holmgren scored 127 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Holmgren
Aces	8	39
Avg per match	2.7	13
1st in	147/231	150/262
%1st in	64%	57%
1st pts	103/147	127/150
%1st pts	70%	85%
2nd pts	46/84	63/112
%2nd pts	55%	56%

Spizzirri made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Holmgren managed to score 39 aces (13 per match). Spizzirri won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Holmgren
Won	13	7
Converted	13/26	7/19
% Converted	50%	37%
Conceded	17	13
Saved	13	11
% Saved	76%	85%
Times Broken	4	2

Spizzirri broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Eliot dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Holmgren broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Jubb	R2 Zink	1/4 Kent	Total
Score	6-4 6-74 6-2	6-2 7-63	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	31	21	16	68
pts	111-95	77-63	72-52	260-210
Total points	206	140	124	470
Winners	42	37	24	103
%Winners	38%	48%	33%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	2	8
Double Faults	2	3	2	7
1st in	58/101	54/77	35/53	147/231
% 1st in	57%	70%	66%	64%
1st pts	42/58	37/54	24/35	103/147
% 1st pts	72%	69%	69%	70%
2nd pts	23/43	13/23	10/18	46/84
% 2nd pts	53%	57%	56%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	3	5	13
Converted	5/11	3/6	5/9	13/26
Converted %	45%	50%	56%	50%
Conceded	6	6	5	17
Saved	4/6	5/6	4/5	13
Saved %	67%	83%	80%	77%
Times Broken	2	1	1	4

Holmgren
	R1 Watt	R2 Gengel	1/4 Shimizu	Total
Score	6-75 7-63 6-4	6-3 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	36	19	29	84
pts	117-115	60-40	102-95	279-250
Total points	232	100	197	529
Winners	61	26	40	127
%Winners	52%	43%	39%	46%
SERVE
Aces	15	9	15	39
Double Faults	8	1	6	15
1st in	72/125	30/49	48/88	150/262
% 1st in	58%	61%	55%	57%
1st pts	61/72	26/30	40/48	127/150
% 1st pts	85%	87%	83%	85%
2nd pts	28/53	15/19	20/40	63/112
% 2nd pts	53%	79%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	1	2	4	7
Converted	1/3	2/2	4/14	7/19
Converted %	33%	100%	29%	37%
Conceded	5	0	8	13
Saved	5/5	0/0	6/8	11
Saved %	100%	–	75%	58%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Granby Challenger

• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao HuangHsiou Hsu/Tsung-Hao Huang – Andres Andrade/Mac KigerAndrade/Mac Kiger (6-3 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

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